How to Use curlicue in a Sentence

curlicue

noun
Definition of curlicuenext
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  • The askew curlicues come in two sizes: small and large.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 18 Aug. 2017
  • This bird, that type of arch, those curlicues on the railing. . . .
    — Cathleen Schine, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2016
  • But the only piece of aluminum on the 1971 lemon pig is its curlicue tail.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The road is a thin, curlicue curved by the green Santa Cruz Mountains.
    — Anna Armstrong, Longreads, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Called curlicues, these were gill-like vents just behind the front wheels.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2017
  • Made of resin and brass and balanced on curlicue legs, the beast is part of a 65-piece home collection.
    — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Moira propped the sword against the wall by the bench, opened her purse, brought out a small tube, and squirted a curlicue of cream into her palm.
    — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Something about the curlicue before the first arch of the M and the small rounded loops of the L looked remarkably familiar.
    — Capi Lynn, (salem, USA TODAY, 3 May 2017
  • It’s hidden because no one wants to disturb the curlicue writing.
    — USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • Even if your prose taste runs to curlicue and adornment (mine does), the restraint feels significant.
    — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 11 July 2019
  • The curlicues of eyeliner that were once your signature but now read more like an epitaph?
    — Lisa Armstrong, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2009
  • All three drinks are topped with a splash of Topo Chico and served in disposable cups rimmed with Chamoy and chile along with a fruity garnish and playful curlicue straw.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The dark hue soothed the curlicues into submission and calmed the disparate looks into a harmonious whole.
    — Mitchell Owens, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2009
  • Miss Oates is unfashionable also in that there are no curlicues in her technique.
    — OregonLive.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • His beautiful women are less flesh and blood than a waltz of curlicues conveyed in a palette of greens, peach, and ocher — nature’s colors.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Fayette Station Road will give you an up-close view of the bridge and driving the curlicue roads with hairpin turns is an experience like no other.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • The engine and cars of the railroad had the distinctive curlicues and filigree of Emett’s illustrations.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 July 2019
  • Here, the narrow lanes are curlicues, like a medieval village, with abundant courtyards, alleyways and dead ends.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • Plopping herself on a mat, Sudan produced a bushel of perm rods, and began twisting her locs into curlicues.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The tables are draped in white cloths and set against a backdrop of black wallpaper decorated with cream curlicue brushstrokes.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2017
  • As my burger’s bun toasted, it was impaled with a long, broken toothpick, a long intact toothpick, a short toothpick and a green toothpick with a curlicue at the end.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • Fiers took the mound Saturday with a most unusual look, a big swoosh of facial hair running from the right side of his face and then curling up around his lip — with no beard along the left side, just a big curlicue.
    — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Blackburn delivered a frothy Valse by the French composer Benjamin Godard, its waltz gussied up in runs and curlicues worthy of a bel canto opera.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
  • Zebra-striped treetops share turf with others that sport surreal curlicues.
    — Matt Peckham, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Use a medium-tip black permanent marker to doodle curlicue lines, broadening a few strokes.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Then, the day after the movie wrapped, Anderson and Murray concocted an idea: in a metatheatrical curlicue, Murray would play a character who was cut from the film.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
  • Start with little circles, scattered across every point in space and time—a curlicue dimension, looped back onto itself.
    — Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
  • As provided by nature, the original Kissimmee River was a curlicue of currents 103 miles long.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
  • In the gallery, viewers encounter a defunct pay phone replicated from fragments of wood and a decorative metal curlicue.
    — Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • From the air, this lowland delta, covering an area the size of Nebraska, is a tawny-and-cobalt expanse of tundra and tributaries and lakes, its looping rivers etching a dazzling curlicue.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2019

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